I normally steer my PA with my left hand. Occasionally while fighting a fish, however, I find the need to make a steering correction with my right hand. Reaching across or over my legs, seat, etc., was possible but not terribly easy.

This afternoon I rigged a simple linkage that allows me to steer the PA with either hand, effortlessly. It worked out even better than I had hoped. It's completely unobtrusive and adds just that much more functionality to my PA.

That's really all I have to show. A bolt has been extended from the bottom of the steering handle assembly placed at about 60 degrees left of the handle. A steel rod connects to that and then runs to the RH side of the side, supported by a small eye bolt suspended from the RH steering mount. The rod has been fashioned into a full 180 bend just beyond that, to keep it from pushing out into the rod/tackle storage area on the RH side. That's about it.

Here is an illustration of the general shape of the linkage rod. Because the steering cylinder travels in a circle, it's important to get the mounting bolt installed in the bottom of the steering plate so that the linkage can operate from full lock on both sides without pushing in the wrong direction. Otherwise once you go to full lock in one direction, you can't return to the opposite direction. Just be careful and take a hard look at the steering plate assembly to get this right in your head.